Pulsar

PUNE: And you thought piracy and fakes were limited to software and FMCG only. Bajaj Auto Limited (BAL), which has been aggressive to keep its two-wheelers on a fast track has shown that if need be it do the same to protect its turf — from copycats, that is. The company moved at a scorching pace when it found Sri Lankan importer Ranatunga Motor and Chinese manufacturer Taian Chiran Machinery selling the Ranomoto Gulsar,...

Two-wheeler manufacturing company Bajaj Auto is aiming to regain lost ground with its two new 150-cc bikes in the second half of the current fiscal year (2014-15). Eric Vas , Bajaj Auto president (motorcycle), said, "From September onwards, we hope to come to a zero deficit situation compared to last year's monthly numbers. " "We are in deficit by about one lakh units in sales till now (April-August 14) this year. We can add about 35,000 units a...

NEW DELHI: Bajaj Auto Ltd has said it has hiked the prices of its popular motorcycle models 'Platina' and 'Pulsar'. "We have hiked the prices of Platina by Rs 500 at the ex-showroom level and that of Pulsar new upgrade between Rs 2,000-2,200," a senior company official told PTI. In September the company had reduced the price of Platina by about Rs 2,000, in the face of stiff competition from rivals like Hero Honda and TVS...

NEW DELHI: Aiming to expand its portfolio in executive segment motorcycles, Bajaj Auto today said it will launch Pulsar in the sub-150 cc category early next month. ( Watch ) The company also said it expects to sell 10 lakh units of the Pulsar range of bikes in 2010, on the back of the yet-to- be launched bike. "The all new sub-150cc Pulsar will be launched on December 9, 2009... The brand task now is to invest in category creation, thereby...

MUMBAI: In a bid to re-position its struggling Discover brand of motorcycles, Bajaj Auto has launched two new versions of the two-wheeler. The new Discover 150 F and Discover 150 S models have been launched at an aggressive price range of Rs 52,030 to Rs 60,277 (ex-showroom, New Delhi) to compete against Honda Shine (Rs 54,041), Honda Unicorn (Rs 63,400 approx) and Hero Glamour (Rs 55,375.) Admitting that the Discover brand is under pressure, Rajiv Bajaj, managing director,...

MUMBAI: Bajaj Auto, the country's second-largest motorcycle maker posted lower than estimated profit after tax for the first quarter ending June for FY15, as lower other income and higher mark-to-market loss added to losses. The company posted a flat net profit of Rs 740 crore as against the street's estimate of Rs 800 crore. The net sales of the company increased 6.7% for Q1 to Rs 5,133 crore. And the EBIDTA margins for Q1...

NEW DELHI: Beginning as a niche motorcycle model, the Pulsar is set to become a volume workhorse for Bajaj Auto Ltd (BAL). The Pulsar family will soon see the addition of a new member with BAL planning to launch a 125-cc variant of Pulsar by July-August. Currently, the Pulsar is available with 150-cc and 180-cc engine options. The Pune-based two-wheeler major has set an ambitious target of selling 40,000 units of Pulsar 150 and Pulsar 180 per month by June. Sources said that by the...

PUNE: Almost a decade after it revived Bajaj Auto from the brink of disaster, the sports bike Pulsar is out in a new version- naked sport or NS. The company launched the 200 cc model of the bike in Pune at an ex-showroom price of 84,096. It will be available in various cities of Maharashtra in June, starting with Pune and Mumbai, and will be available nationally from August, K Srinivas, President, two wheelers, Bajaj Auto said. "We have started dispatches to...

BANGALORE: Two-wheeler major Bajaj Auto today said with the launch of its new Pulsar 135 LS, it hoped to reach a sales target of one million a year in 2010-11 for the Pulsar brand. "Currently we sell 50,000 Pulsars a month and with the introduction of this variant we hope to sell 35,000 more per month, which will help in reaching our goal of one million a year in the coming financial year", Milind Bade, General Manager, Marketing, Two Wheelers, Bajaj...

MUMBAI: The country's second-largest motorcycle-maker Bajaj Auto will invest Rs 500 crore to add capacity and develop a new variant of the flagship Pulsar over the next 18 months. "We are investing Rs 500 crore till FY'13 for expansion. We had already spent Rs 150 crore last year," Bajaj Auto Finance President Kevin D'sa told reporters here today. The proposed capex will include development cost of the new Pulsar, which will be based on a new...

PUNE: Bajaj Auto is exploring markets in Africa and Europe for its motorcycles, particularly the Boxer, CT100 and the Pulsar. The company, which exported more than 6 lakh motorcycles, is seeing rising sales of the low cost Boxer and CT100, company officials said. Bajaj is taking a step ahead in registering the Pulsar brand name in countries before it begins marketing the motorcycle. "We have had instances in the past where companies had registered the Pulsar brand in their names when...

WASHINGTON: Astronomers have discovered an Earth-sized 'diamond' about 900 light-years away in space, which is possibly the coldest, faintest white dwarf star ever detected. This ancient stellar remnant is so cool that its carbon has crystallised, forming - in effect - an Earth-size diamond in space. The object is likely the same age as the Milky Way , approximately 11 billion years old. "It's a really remarkable object. These things should be out there, but because they are so dim they...

WASHINGTON: Astronomers have discovered a unique triple star system which could reveal the true nature of gravity. US astronomers using the National Science Foundation's Green Bank Telescope (GBT) found the stellar system of two white dwarf stars and a superdense neutron star, all packed within a space smaller than Earth's orbit around the Sun. The closeness of the stars, combined with their nature, has allowed scientists to make the best measurements yet of the...

Bajaj Auto recorded a 2 per cent increase in sales for September 2013 at 367,815 units as compared to 360.152 for September 2012. Of this, motorcycle sales were up by 3 per cent and commercial vehicles were down by 2 per cent, at 323,879 and 43,936 units respectively. It's flagship brand Pulsar sold 10,000 units in September. Exports for the month were up by 10 per cent, the highest ever export figures for September for the automaker. The total sales for the month were the second...

BERLIN: Scientists have used the combined computing power of 200,000 home PCs around the world, to take an inventory of the Milky Way and add 24 pulsars to the cosmic census. Pulsars are the remnants from explosions of massive stars. They are strongly magnetised and extremely dense neutron stars. The Einstein@Home project connects home and office PCs of volunteers from around the world to a global supercomputer. Using this computer cloud, an international team lead by...

Rajiv Bajaj is in a jovial mood. After all, Bajaj Auto has surprised analysts by posting strong first quarter results on Friday. In between attending the annual general meeting of Bajaj Auto in Pune and board meetings of group companies, Bajaj spoke to ET. True to his style, Bajaj rarely pulled any punches when he spoke of his peers, and on the merits of a quadricycle or an ultra-low cost car. On the anvil at Bajaj Auto are a slew of...

NEW DELHI: Bajaj Auto on Tuesday launched its new 200 cc performance bike 'Pulsar DTS-i' priced at Rs 65,497. "We target a total sales of 50,000 for the Pulsar range by June this year. Around 43,000 bikes were sold last month," Bajaj Auto managing director Rajiv Bajaj said here.

MUMBAI: Bajaj Auto Ltd (BAL) today said workmen at its Chakan plant have "stopped coming" to work thereby affecting production following the management's refusal to allot them shares at discounted price. The company said the workers had earlier given a notice for a stoppage of work at the plant from the morning shift of June 28, 2013. "The workmen have, however, stopped coming to the Chakan plant from June 25, 2013, itself, without assigning any reason for this stoppage," BAL...